Arizona

"Arizona" is the first of three novellas written by Leslie Charteris included in the twenty-third Saint book The Saint Goes West published in 1942.

Plot
Simon Templar travels to the American West in pursuit of a Nazi scientist who plans to take over a ranch in order to mine the mercury located beneath, with the mineral destined for German munitions.

Television adaptation
"Arizona" was adapted as "The Sign of the Claw", an episode of The Saint starring Roger Moore, and aired on February 4, 1965, as part of the third season.